Clinton Inspires Hope and Fear in Haiti; Boat Builders Ready To Set Out for Miami

Most Haitians, illiterate and immersed in poverty, know little of the outside world. But they know who President-elect Clinton is, and are imagining him as a savior of mythic proportions who will not only welcome them with open arms if they flee to Miami, but also restore democracy here.

Along the coast, where scores of boats are being built in open preparation for a new exodus to the United States, people have taken fragments of news from radio and local information networks about what Clinton has said about modifying U.S. policy toward Haiti, and woven them into an impossible dream of freedom and welcome in a land of milk and honey. Many also think Clinton will almost magically restore ...

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